Conferences Inspire High School, Middle School Student Success

Nearly a dozen Hatboro-Horsham High School and Keith Valley Middle School students heard personal and academic inspiration first-hand during recent conferences.

Students listened with keen interest to keynote speakers at the Delaware Valley Consortium for Excellence and Equity conferences in University City. The conferences are designed to inspire students to achieve personal and academic success, while learning leadership skills for the future. 

The high school students attended the recent conference, the Eighth Annual High School Student Leadership Conference: Your Success Matters! where Darrell “Coach D” Andrews was the keynote speaker. His goal was to motivate students to not only be successful, but to map out their dreams so they can be happy.

“I have taken students down to this conference for the last five years and always find it to be a great experience,” Hatboro-Horsham High School Principal Dennis Williams said. “The opportunity for students to participate in various sessions to help build leadership capacity and learn the skills needed to be successful post-high school is important. Just as important are the opportunities to network with 400+ high school students from all over the Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey area.”

Keith Valley students attended a recent DVCEE Eighth Annual Middle School Student Leadership Conference: Positive Image—You Got the Power! Students networked with peers from other districts and learned what it takes to be personally and academically successful in all grades. Marlon Smith, who speaks to students about engaging their community and realizing their dreams, was keynote speaker.

“The students were engaged and interested, not just passive learners during the speaker series and break out sessions,” Keith Valley Gifted Support Specialist Christine Fleming said. “The whole day was about bringing out their inner leaders and staying the course to their dreams. It warned against giving into peer pressures.”